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b'WLRN\\u2019s Edition 16 podcast focuses on the money behind the medicalized transgender movement and the impact that the movement has on the lesbian community. \\n\\nWe were inspired to these topics by the canceled Left Forum panel that was set to explore them in detail. Our interviewees were all involved in that panel, and WLRN is proud to give them a platform after Left Forum silenced them.\\n\\nMary Lou Singleton is a lifelong women\\u2019s liberation activist. She practiced as a homebirth midwife for 20 years and now works as a family nurse practitioner. She has served on the boards of directors of the Midwives Alliance of North America, the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives, the Stop Patriarchy Abortion Rights Freedom Ride, and the Women\\u2019s Liberation Front.\\n\\nJane Chotard is a former attorney whose specialty was regulatory healthcare, including Standards of Care and Informed Consent. She participated in the formation of California Lawyers for Human Rights, as well as the Women\\u2019s Committee at GLAAD in the 1990\\u2019s. Currently, she is the mother of two teenage boys and works in the area of Contemplative Care for those facing end-of-life issues.\\n\\nTaylor Fogarty is a Brooklyn-dwelling freelancer who writes about feminism, politics, and anything else she has an opinion on. She also tweets a lot: @theloudlesbian. You can check out her website at www.taylorfogarty.com\\n\\nWLRN staff member Nile Pierce wrote this edition\\u2019s commentary, exploring how and why the powerful men in the US-based pharmaceutical industry profit from the transgender movement.\\n\\nThis edition\\u2019s music spots are Fleetwood Mac\\u2019s \\u201cLittle Lies\\u201d and Ali Bee\\u2019s \\u201cLook How the Money Rolls In.\\u201d\\n\\nPhoto credit goes to Alix Dobkin for our featured image of two lesbians in the 70s, Louise and Liza Cowan.\\n\\nAs always, this month\\u2019s podcast was sound mixed by our resident audio magician in chief, Jenna Di Quarto.'